The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 20, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
3:47 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2900
Events on this date
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.1° / 20.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -25.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.52° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.17° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.79° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.